Improved ironing-table



j -thrilled tatr @aient iiii rIHOMAS Mi RICHARDS, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOE To JOHN H.l

EATON, OE BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY.

. Lener@ Patent No. 89,943, ma May 11, 1869.

IMPRovED IHONING-TABLH To all whom it may concern; n

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. RICHARDS, of the city of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Ironing-Board; and I do hereby declare `that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the ccompanyng drawing, forming .part of thisspeciication.

rllhis invention relates to a new and useful improve- -Inent in tables or boards for ironing or for laundryuse; and consists inconstruoting and arranging the various parts, as willb'e -hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawing- Figure l represents a Side elevation of the board, `showing the folding frame upon which thevboard is I supported.

Figure 2 is an under-side View of the board with the flame folded up.

Figure 3 isl a vertical. section of the Saule.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding arts. Y p A is the boardor table, upon 'which the ironing i's done.

It is supported on the frame A', composed of twol pairs of legs, Bl and C, connected by the parts hereinafter referred to.

The board is hinged permanently to the legs O, as seenatd.` il

to the pairs of legs and to the plate E, as Seen in' theV drawing, that when the board A is detached from the pair of legs B, for the purposes mentioned, the frame is self-supporting, while the board is supported thereon.

VThe plate E is supported in part by the Stay H, which locks on to the bar D, while the bar D is dovetailed into the cross-piece M, as seen in the drawing, so

that it may be readily detached.

When not in use, the frame is folded after detaching the bar D from the pairs of legs, raising the plate E` from the lock at J,"and the brace F from the lock at K, when the brace G slides in the slot l, and the whole frame folds up, as seen in lig. 3.

Having thus described my invention,

What VI 'claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The board A, and the folding frame A', constructed, arranged, and operating in combination, substantially as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

THS. M. RICHARDS.

' Witnesses: l

SAMUEL O. OGLE,

W. OGLE. 

